PDAstrut?
Brian
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so i decided i need something to keep myself organized with and decided a pda would be a good look. i dont really need anything too fancy and would need an easy to use notepad kind of thing more than anything else. i dont really know what these things are capable of now so if anyone could drop some knowledge that would be great.
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was pretty happy with it, though didnt use it to its potential. Only things i used it for was a drug information program at work, and the occasional internet browser. It has bluetooth and wifi (a big plus). Had it for a good 3 months, got a lot of use at work though.
It got stolen though. One night i let my lady use my car to go out, i forgot to take it out my car, and the valet people i guess really wanted it. Realized it was gone the next morning. Oh well, theres 300 dollars gone.
I plan on just getting a smartphone (phone + pda) next time. Because part of the reason i didnt use it to its potential is that i never had it on me outside of work. Cant imagine carrying a phone AND a pda on me at all times.
All phones will soon have PDA functionality. There are plenty that offer 90% of what you'd ever need from a PDA on sale right now. I work in I.T. support and our company have used most kinds of PDA at some point down the line. The screens are the big problem, the backlights always go, and all are prone to cracking when a mug sits down with one in their back pocket (all are too big for front pockets, unless you are a circus clown).
Don't sweat the screen size either, shortly all will be able to project onto any given flat surface. This will bring the price of monitors right down!
I bought this Nokia E62 recently and like it. It has blackberry connect which is handy for email sync'ing, but isn't necessary if you just want to use IMAP or POP3 to grab email (which is what I do now for two different accounts). Mostly I use it for calendaring to remind me of what I need to keep up with during the day. The full keyboard is nice for sending messages and while it is a large (wide) phone, it is thin and light enough that I hardly notice it in my pocket.
Are you going to mind carrying two devices instead of one? If not, then buy a PDA. But I think smartphones are the way to go since it is an all-in-one solution.
I gotta get one of these for my job.
Anyone got the lowdown on when the next generations are coming out?
Should I cop now or wait a month?
I hear the Q9 is about to come out so maybe wait for that?
Blackjack?
Dash?
Blackberry 8700 might be my shit. Anyone wanna talk be out of that?
I'd ask my wireless carrier or the smartphone manufacturer or whatever, but companies just bullshit you and tell you what you want to hear.
I was going to Hittite, but close enough.
don't hittite the sayer
Be careful putting that in your jeans. I did and it cracked the LCD, the actual screen inside. I've heard this is common. T-Mobile sent me a new one but I may be charged 100 if they determine it was my fault which they probably will. Other than that, I love this phone and have it tricked out to look like a mac.
Whatchyou do resk? I got this one for Rn school and my future job for the same reasons: drug info., diagnostic techniques, and the lot. I dig mine a lot. Of course, I just bought it, but I am finding that it suits my personality. True on the bluetooth and wifi. I gotta say that I like it for that reason and that don't have to pay for wifi through my phone company--I can just pick up what's in the room like I would with a laptop.
no Google (gmail, google chat) on the Dash though right? seems like they all support MSN, AOL and yahoo, but you gotta go for the Blackberry if you want Google though.
The iPhone looks like my lifesaver.
I realize their trailor makes it look amazing for a reason, but that thing is just so slick.
6 bills + a contract is some serious cheese.
ima hold out till my contract is up with cingular and get me a pearl for free... there are crazy deal for em i guess b/c a newer version is coming out with a full keyboard. I like the OG one just cause its as tiny as regular bar phones.
or maybe by then the iPhone will knock down in its price.
i almost switched to t-mobile and got a dash yesterday but held off. i still have two months left with cingular but i kinda wanna get a new phone already. anyone wanna sell me an 8525 on the cheap?
oh yeah and has anyone used any kind of remote pc software on the dash? how well does that shit run?
I have gmail on my phone. Tmobile's website lets you set up your accounts from your home computer which is way asier than doing it with the phone, and then it just acts as a relay for whatever email you're using. I've had a few issues with my phone freezing up, and deleting emails, but all in all I'm still heartily endorsing this product. ALthough that new Blackberry 8800 with the scroll wheel is lookin pretty sick.
i was using micromedex, just cause i got it free from my old job, but using an older version out of laziness of updating it to the newer version. It was good enough, but the version i used was on the slow side. Many of my coworkers use lexicomp (makers of the actual "Drug Information Handbook") whcih seems to work realy nice and quick, i just never got around to sitting down and buying the program.
I ended up now getting a smartphone ( motorolla Q, which i use a whole lot for internet/email but not at all for drug info), and got another pda which pretty much just sits in my labcoat. Since im not doing clinical work anymore and no longer rounding in a hospital getting asked drug info questions on the spot, i really dont need a portable drug info source anymore. Now that i am strictly doing retail work, i stand in front of a computer all day and have about 5 diffrent drug info sources on my computer where i pretty much never bother pulling out my pda.
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